DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Is it just me, or are grant professionals obsessed with numbered lists? Top 8 ways to ruin a grant proposal. And listen, I’m just as guilty for writing and reading said lists. And listen, I’m just as guilty for writing and reading said lists. I see them everywhere – from blog posts to webinars to podcast episodes.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MARCH 21, 2023

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – As you may know, Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) is the story of a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led. This fits how epiphanies work for us.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It is with deep gratitude and excitement that I write to you with big news about Grant Writing Made Easy and the evolution of my work. After 7 years of running my comprehensive grant writing course, I have made the very heavy decision to officially close the course next year in December 2023. 15, 2023.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Hiring a grant writer is one of the most important decisions a nonprofit can make. This funding can come in the form of donations, federal dollars, private funders, gifts, fundraising events, and grants. Instead, many organizations rely on grant dollars to fund a significant portion of their budget.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 21, 2024

According to a 2022 report offered by the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute , over 76% of Black-led and Black-benefiting nonprofits operate on less than $500,000 per year, with almost one-third operating on just $30,000 a year. Most grant applications seek evidence of community partnerships. Bolstering Staffing.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 30, 2024

Inflation is also affecting grant trends. Even if you don’t have a full-time grant writer to address these ever-changing issues, for many organizations, hiring a grant consultant can be a much better fit. The team at Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates think and write about these issues every day so that you don’t have to!

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Over the past few years, we’ve done a Day in the Life of a grant writing consultant (both for me and one of my team members, Alisha ). But the truth is, I no longer do much grant writing consulting myself. What I want you to know is what it’s now like for me as a Grant Writing Boss. So I did that.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Let’s look at a foundation grant prediction for 2024. And yes, the ups and downs of the stock market are also impacting foundation grants. In this series, Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates are sharing our insights into foundation giving. This is our first foundation grant prediction.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Anytime I lead a grant writing workshop, I always ask the attendees to share their grant experience – whether they’ve been a grant professional for years and are looking for a refresher or if they’ve been voluntold that grants are now under their preview. But that dream world of mine does not exist.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 5, 2024

In this series, Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates are sharing our insights into foundation giving. Prediction 3: Grant winning will become more competitive in 2024 with more organizations asking for more money. The post “Crystal Ball” Prediction for Foundation Giving 2024: Inflation appeared first on Millionaire Grant Lady.

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California Grants Portal

MAY 4, 2022

The California Grants Portal brings together a diverse community of grantseekers, including experienced grant writers and first-time applicants. Per the Grants Information Act of 2018, the Grants Portal provides a centralized location from which to find competitive or first-come grant opportunities from nearly 60 state entities.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Traditional fundraising like grant writing and major donor relations require significant investments of time and effort. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Everything You Need to Know [2022] | CauseVox. This post has been updated in 2022 for freshness and accuracy. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Statistics: The Benefits.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Pursuing grants is hard work. Grants are time-consuming, very competitive, and after all the time, money, and energy spent writing grants, there is no guarantee that your nonprofit will be awarded. She is a grant professional, an active speaker, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Grant Professionals Association.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Traditional fundraising like grant writing and major donor relations require significant investments of time and effort. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Everything You Need to Know [2022] | CauseVox. This post has been updated in 2022 for freshness and accuracy. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Statistics: The Benefits.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

For the first 15 years of my career, I served as the lone grants administrator for two municipalities in the Metro Atlanta area. I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post.

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Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Even with an irrefutable command of grant writing the GPA Code of Ethics , you will encounter situations that give you pause. As grant professionals, we can rely on the GPA Ethical Decision-Making Best Practices for Grant Professionals as our roadmap for making important ethical decisions.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 25, 2022

When I talk with nonprofit leaders about their challenges with grants, one of the most common ones I hear is that they don’t have the time or the resources to prioritize grantseeking. When you’re first starting out writing grants, the investment of time that doing one well requires can be big. Let’s talk about the investment.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’).

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Elevate

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

November 3, 2022 I started Elevate almost a decade ago with about 10 clients. Today, we’re celebrating a major milestone: 100 current clients of our signature Comprehensive Grant Writing Services (CGWS).

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 25, 2024

The nonprofits who set the pace are those who choose the right grant-writing partner. These wallflowers need an invitation to the dance that only the right grant writer can provide. and one thing can take any nonprofit to the next level — a grant writer who can secure you grant funding. There are over 1.5

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When I got my job in 2014, there were 208 tenure-track Spanish positions advertised ; in 2022 there were only 44. So in Spring 2022, I decided to leave my academic job at the end of the semester. I learned quickly that I loved the grant writing but hated the rest of the job. Take the Clifton Strengths assessment.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

Since its launch in November 2022, millions of users have used the platform to do their homework, summarize content, translate text, and even write code. Grant Proposal And that’s not all. ChatGPT can also help with the time-consuming grant writing process. Well, there’s a solution. The best part?

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

Denial can be challenging, especially when your grant proposals seem to be on a losing streak. Before you start rethinking your grant strategy or wondering if you’re doing something wrong, there may be other proactive steps and factors to take into consideration. Grant funding is complex. charities in 2022 was down 3.4%

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

From 2022 to 2023, our organization’s rolls increased by more than 30%, recently surpassing the milestone of 4,500 members. At chapter events, you can meet area funders, learn about local issues, get tips on upcoming grant opportunities, and encounter potential program partners. First, the good news: GPA membership continues to grow.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 11, 2024

I am a grant writer - a consultant”, I replied. Despite advocating for fellow research administrators, I did not identify myself as fitting into that specific role – because my role was that of a grant professional. I searched for an organization more aligned with my profession and found the Grant Professionals Association.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Inflation has been a big issue in 2022, and it’s impacted both the for-profit and the nonprofit sectors. Go for grants. Grants can be a helpful way to do just that. Your programs are important and many grant funders will want to see your nonprofit succeed despite the difficult economic times. That’s okay.

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Grants4Good

MAY 30, 2023

Open AI is the San Francisco based company that released ChatGPT for public use in November 2022. If you’re in the nonprofit fundraising and grant writing field like me, you might ask ChatGPT: Tell me about [name of your city] in two paragraphs. first appeared on Grants 4 Good. Want to learn more?

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

If you were to ask grant professionals how they arrived at their current position/role, most would laugh and relate a roundabout journey. Grant Professional is not at the top of the list of jobs to which children, youth, and teens aspire. As a result, there are many professional certifications that benefit the grants profession.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 1, 2022

For more insights into important nonprofit trends and key strategies, all driven by data, download The State of Nonprofit Fundraising 2022 report. Getting a government grant requires a huge amount of effort in research and grant-writing, and these programs often have long waiting periods, making it difficult to budget around them.

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Grant Geek

JANUARY 10, 2022

Grant Questions? It’s a new year and time to look at how successful your grant proposals were and, more importantly, identify how your organization can improve going forward. As you prepare fo r the new year’s grant season, here are some steps you can take to help you refine and improve your approach t his year. .

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In 2022, Giving Tuesday raised an impressive ,, $3.1 But don't let that fact deter you from crafting an impactful Giving Tuesday campaign! It offers a significant kickstart to your holiday season fundraising efforts, setting a positive tone for the rest of the year. billion globally , proving its potential to boost donations.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

March 23, 2022 Style guides are reference documents that writers and editors use to ensure consistency within and across publications or materials. Grant proposals also need style guides. For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder.

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GrantNews

MAY 1, 2025

Read on as we dive into the fascinating world of volunteering, along with a short list of sample grants designed to help nonprofits attract, train, and retain volunteers! increase from 2022. Finding Volunteer Grants On GrantWatch Grants can fund costly website updates, volunteer recruiting events, or improve the volunteer experience.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 17, 2023

This is a guest post by Genie Giaimo , Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric, Middlebury College ( Ggiaimo@Middlebury.edu ). So, your agency can get OAA grants directly from the feds and/or your local AAA. The National Institute on Aging (“NIA”) is the primary federal source for research grants relating to aging.

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ProposalPRO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Federal agencies are working on structural issues that will affect grant-making, grant management, and grant-writing for many years to come. What Does This Mean for Grant Seekers? The effort to reform the grants process is picking up steam.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

AUGUST 17, 2023

Many nonprofit and local government executives think that federal and foundation grant funding priorities are relatively static, but they’re not—we’ve written about grant waves before, and a massive new grant wave is forming just over the horizon. in 2023 from 2022.Population and Portland’s by 2.8%

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

MAY 15, 2024

Still, not only have we not written any grants for this target population* in at least 10 years, we don’t even get any calls for this project concept. In other words, the feds are “hiring” nonprofits via discretionary grant programs.

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